FORCE OR SERVICE


A quiet sunny day, the scene is suburban 
Not much going off, in fact it’s a boring one 
Ready and waiting in Bristol fashion 
For my radio to bleep and I will jump into action 
PC Caring’s off duty for a while 
A right prat he is, always helpful and a smile 
Nineteen, well hard, DM’s and truncheon 
Headcase ‘ere and I've got some lunch 

‘Headcase’ fuck me there goes me radio 
It must be a riot if they're calling for backup 
I'm at the scene Sarge, what’s going down? 
There's a darkie in defiance, get that nigger off me, kill ‘im 
Don’t do it in the open, kick his teeth in later 
I thought I’d taught you police operations 
Take him away out the eyes of the media 
Then kill the bastard kill ‘im 
Make sure you don’t bruise him 
Oh, doesn’t matter you won’t see the bruises anyway 
He's in the van, pile in everyone, c’mon, c’mon 
That’s it lads 
Ha, ha, ha, I love it, let me have him 
Let me kill him, yeah, nice one lads 
Now if you wanna get overtime, you better take my advice 
Promotion or demotion? Just never step out of line 
You want to make sure? Sure we can discuss a price 
But keep it shut, keep the image nice 
We nick the unemployed, for they are just lazy 
Scrounging off us taxpayers, it must be crazy 
Join the force and give a helping hand 
Because the rules of the force are the laws of the land 

(Police Policy) 
The CND are communists, we’re sick of petty pacifists, 
Greenham dykes, Trotskyites, Greenpeace and the rest of it 
Rioters, muggers, looters, shooters, niggers are the cause of it 
Repatriation for the nation, the simple way to deal with shit 
Rastas, punks, mods and hippies, students, queers and dirty pakis 
Demanding more than nothing less, but never want to work for it 
Miners, printers, paddies, pickets, givin’ it all the demo bit 
We’ll smash them back with our attack, 
Because we’re the guys to deal with it 

You're here to serve? Protect the nation? 
Stop all the foreigners’ illegal immigration 
You help old ladies across the road 
Even if she has got a face like a toad 
You re-assure, protect the rich from the poor 
To hell with muggings, rapists and the whores 
Maintain law and order, keep the public at large 
The police is your profession that’s right, eh Sarge?  

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